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The tram network of Budapest is part of the mass transit system of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Tram lines serve as the second-most important backbone of the transit system after the bus network, carrying almost 100 million more passengers annually than the Budapest Metro . [ 4 ]
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BKV operates 33 city tram lines, including the Budapest Cog Railway that operates as tram line 60. The once-extensive network of tram tracks and the brown striped yellow trams were a characteristic of Budapest, but the network was curtailed under Communism owing to lack of funding. Line 4-6 is still the largest capacity tram-line in Europe. The ...
The last major transport change of Budapest was the foundation of BKV in the 1960s. The foundation of BKK was decided on October 27, 2010 by the General Assembly of Budapest. They appointed Dávid Vitézy as CEO. From May 1, 2012 BKK began to do many functions of BKV: Operating public transportation, planning network, lines and time schedules
The busiest traditional city tram line in the world is still route 4/6 in Budapest, where 50-meter long trams run at 120 to 180 second intervals [2] at peak time and are usually packed with people. A part of this route is the same as where electric trams made their world first run in 1887.
The Combinos of Budapest are the second longest tramcars in the world. A characteristic vehicle of the Grand Boulevard is the tram no. 4 and 6, reaching Buda both in north (Széll Kálmán tér) and south Újbuda-központ (line 4) and Móricz Zsigmond körtér (line 6). The line dates back to 1887 and it has since extended to 8.5 km in length ...
It includes all tram systems in Hungary, past and present; cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.
The Tram Line 1 of Budapest (in Hungarian: budapesti 1-es jelzésű villamosvonal) is a line operated by BKK Zrt., the transport authority of Budapest. It was commissioned in 1984 [ 1 ] between Bécsi út / Vörösvári út and Lehel utca .